Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info

KEXP Seattle — Although singer/songwriter Gillian Welch hasn’t been totally quiet over the past years, having performed and recorded with bands like The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Solomon Burke, Steve Earle, Ralph Stanley, Ryan Adams, Alison Krauss, and many othe... more info

KEXP Seattle — Thao and Mirah‘s liner notes read like a veritable supergroup. Produced with Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) at John Vanderslice‘s Tiny Telephone Studios, and mixed by Tucker Martine, the famed producer who’s worked with Laura Veirs, The Decemberis... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — At NPR Music the Decemberists play a Tiny Desk Concert. Her.meneutics explains why men should read Jane Austen. The Book Bench interviews author Heidi Durrow. World Cafe: Next profiles singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler. CarolineLeavittville interviews... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Best Coast @ LPR Best Coast, two day after opening for the Decemberists at Prospect Park, headlined the early Planned Parenthood benefit show at Le Poisson Rouge last night (6/16). Those Darlins, who also played multiple... more info

Impose Magazine — June 14: A day after the GOP Presidential Debates and Michelle Bachman announcing her candidacy for the 2012 Presidential Elections, The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy talked about how election campaigns use songs and suggested Bachman use this on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya, words by Andrew Sacher I arrived a little late to Prospect Park last night (6/14) for the first Celebrate Brookln benefit show of the 2011 season and only caught the second half of Best Coast's 30... more info

Pop Candy — Anyone who has heard Colin Meloy's vivid and imaginative lyrics for The Decemberists shouldn't be surprised that he has a book on the way. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists @ Summerstage 2007 Junior Boys today in NYC * Museum Mile Fest * Blue Note Jazz Fest * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Denman Maroney @ The Stone * Deep Purple @ Beacon Theatre * Tell All... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (Distortion) Yavin The Decemberists @ Bonnaroo Are the Decemberists breaking up?"Nothing could be farther from the truth," Meloy said Saturday on his tour bus in the parking lot behind Bonnaroo's big stage. "With this record I feel... more info